1 00:00:02,920 --> 00:00:06,480 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Wired to Hunt podcast, your home for 2 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:11,560 Speaker 1: deer hunting news, stories and strategies, and now your host, 3 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:17,560 Speaker 1: Mark Kenyon. Welcome to the Wired to Hunt podcast. I'm 4 00:00:17,560 --> 00:00:19,960 Speaker 1: your host, Mark Kenyan, and this is episode number three 5 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:23,440 Speaker 1: and two, and today we're back with a late season 6 00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:26,680 Speaker 1: edition of our Fresh Radio, getting you up today intel 7 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:30,640 Speaker 1: on current deer activity, how weather other conditions are impacting them, 8 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:33,440 Speaker 1: and what you can do right now to fill a tag. 9 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:45,640 Speaker 1: All right, welcome to this week's episode of Wired to 10 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:49,000 Speaker 1: Haunt's Fresh Radio. This is your host Spencer Anymore and 11 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:51,839 Speaker 1: we're without Mark Kenyon this week as he's in the 12 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:55,360 Speaker 1: field looking for Tran and I just got home from 13 00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:58,760 Speaker 1: Nebraska after three days. They're hunting in the western part 14 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:01,720 Speaker 1: of the state. Ordinary really. During this part of the podcast, 15 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:03,640 Speaker 1: Mark and I would talk about some of our own 16 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:06,640 Speaker 1: observations that we've had while hunting, and while we can't 17 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:09,119 Speaker 1: get his input this week from Michigan, I can tell 18 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:12,000 Speaker 1: you what I was seeing in Nebraska. For starters, The 19 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:16,160 Speaker 1: conditions were really tough. The area just gat pounded with 20 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:19,720 Speaker 1: a big snowstorm and that seemed to move a lot 21 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:23,280 Speaker 1: of the deer from public lands down into the obvious 22 00:01:23,319 --> 00:01:27,360 Speaker 1: places that had really good cover, really good food and water. 23 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:30,319 Speaker 1: On our first day there, Ryan Calahan and I walked 24 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:32,959 Speaker 1: seven miles and we're only able to glass at one 25 00:01:33,319 --> 00:01:36,680 Speaker 1: mule deer dough. That was it. But what was telling 26 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:39,720 Speaker 1: was that when we left in our vehicle a few 27 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:43,240 Speaker 1: miles away, we drove by this little river bottom that 28 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 1: was a cut corn field, and in that field there 29 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 1: were probably fifty different white tails. As far as any 30 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 1: secondary rot activity. The places that we did see deer 31 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:58,240 Speaker 1: these private land areas, UM, these urban areas like city 32 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:01,480 Speaker 1: parks that had deer hanging out there. The deer were 33 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:05,280 Speaker 1: so grouped up that there was just naturally some sort 34 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:09,040 Speaker 1: of running activity where these bucks would be pushing around doughs, um. 35 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 1: But it didn't seem to the point where it would 36 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:16,200 Speaker 1: change the pattern of these deer or anything like that, 37 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:19,839 Speaker 1: or cause them to go on these really long walkabouts. 38 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:22,519 Speaker 1: But when you put that many deer in one area, 39 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 1: there's just going to be some of that where the 40 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:27,480 Speaker 1: bucks are nosing around doughs and that kind of thing. 41 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:32,000 Speaker 1: So if I were putting tea, so if I were 42 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:35,040 Speaker 1: putting together at late season, plan to kill one, like 43 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:37,000 Speaker 1: I said, with the snow on the ground in a 44 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:39,640 Speaker 1: lot of the country. Just look for that obvious stuff, 45 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:43,080 Speaker 1: the food, the water, the shelter, and go from there. 46 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:46,040 Speaker 1: Use that snow to figure out where these deer entering 47 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:48,840 Speaker 1: and exit in the field, and get there plenty early 48 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 1: in the evenings, because it seems like the dough and 49 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 1: the fonds of the first ones to file in and 50 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:57,880 Speaker 1: usually right towards sunset, the bucks are the ones to follow. 51 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:00,799 Speaker 1: If you want more info like this, in a little 52 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:03,359 Speaker 1: bit more details on how to kill a buck late season, 53 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:06,160 Speaker 1: head over the media dot com. We're on our homepage 54 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:08,360 Speaker 1: right now if you're going to find a recent article 55 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:11,360 Speaker 1: from Mark Kenyon called the Late season Deer Hunting Guide 56 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:14,800 Speaker 1: to Success, where Mark talks about what you need to 57 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:17,400 Speaker 1: know and what you need to do to pull off 58 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:21,400 Speaker 1: a successful mature buck hunt this time of year. Besides 59 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:23,799 Speaker 1: my report from Nebraska, this week, we're going to hear 60 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:27,320 Speaker 1: from Joe Call from Minnesota Rack Stars in Minnesota. Did 61 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:29,760 Speaker 1: we go to Alabama and talk to Andrew Maxwell from 62 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:33,160 Speaker 1: the Southern Outdoorsman podcast, and then in Pennsylvania from East 63 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:36,280 Speaker 1: meets West Hunt podcast, we talked to Beau Martinic and 64 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:38,520 Speaker 1: then we go to Missouri and talk to Kolby Bailey 65 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:42,000 Speaker 1: from Commit Outdoors. All right, and with that, let's get 66 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:44,960 Speaker 1: to the first collar alright, and joining us on the 67 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:48,960 Speaker 1: line next is Joe Call from Minnesota. Rack Stars in Minnesota. Now, 68 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:51,320 Speaker 1: Joe in Minnesota, what would you say the buck activity 69 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:53,320 Speaker 1: has been lately on a scale of one to ten, 70 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:59,640 Speaker 1: I would say probably around three, just because our firearms 71 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:04,480 Speaker 1: season just ended here not too long ago. Um, you know, 72 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:07,440 Speaker 1: the deer a little more skittish right now, a little 73 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:11,120 Speaker 1: more cautious. But you know that second rut is occurring 74 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:13,560 Speaker 1: right now, so I mean there's that opportunity to catch 75 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:16,640 Speaker 1: that buck cruising and uh yeah, I would just say 76 00:04:17,080 --> 00:04:20,000 Speaker 1: things things tighten up a little bit once firearms season 77 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:22,719 Speaker 1: ends around here. But uh, you know, we we have 78 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:25,800 Speaker 1: been seeing some deer moving around, that's for sure. You 79 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 1: mentioned the secondary rut there. How do you think this 80 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:31,360 Speaker 1: season is going to be for a secondary rut in Minnesota? 81 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:33,440 Speaker 1: And what's your strategy for killing one of those deer? 82 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:35,839 Speaker 1: You know, I think it's gonna be all right. We 83 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:38,919 Speaker 1: actually had a decent buck show up on camera that 84 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 1: we haven't seen all years. So that's a good indicator 85 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:45,400 Speaker 1: that these bucks are really starting to move around trying 86 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:49,240 Speaker 1: to find those last doors. Um, but I think overall 87 00:04:49,279 --> 00:04:51,840 Speaker 1: it's gonna be fairly decent. We just got dumped on 88 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:54,200 Speaker 1: here with a lot of snow. We're starting to see 89 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:58,600 Speaker 1: exactly where these deer traveling. So that's that's kind of nice. Uh. 90 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:01,160 Speaker 1: You know, you can run to all cameras all you want, 91 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:04,560 Speaker 1: but if you're you know, ten fifteen yards off, you're 92 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:06,760 Speaker 1: not gonna get those deer on camera. But once you 93 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:08,239 Speaker 1: hop out in the snow and out in the woods 94 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 1: and you start seeing these tracks, you kind of have 95 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:12,560 Speaker 1: an idea of where these deer traveling. But I would 96 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:15,320 Speaker 1: say a second secondary rut here is is gonna be 97 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:18,680 Speaker 1: pretty good just because whether it's a lot cooler, those 98 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:20,680 Speaker 1: deer gonna be moving a lot more. And then also 99 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:23,800 Speaker 1: with the snow, uh, they're limited where those food sources are, 100 00:05:23,880 --> 00:05:25,920 Speaker 1: so a lot of things are adding up for a 101 00:05:25,960 --> 00:05:29,400 Speaker 1: pretty good secondary rut here in Minnesota. You mentioned that 102 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:31,640 Speaker 1: you've been seeing some new deer on your trail cameras. 103 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:34,120 Speaker 1: What is your trail cam strategy this time of year? 104 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:37,120 Speaker 1: They don't find those trails where we're seeing deer tracks 105 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:40,040 Speaker 1: and and get the cameras on there. Also, food sources 106 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:43,359 Speaker 1: are big right now. We have you know throughout the state. 107 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:46,600 Speaker 1: I know up north, they they end up getting close 108 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:49,960 Speaker 1: to twenty inches of snow up there around where we're at. 109 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:53,039 Speaker 1: We probably ended up with the foot so you know, 110 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:55,679 Speaker 1: instead of you know, digging around the snow for acorns 111 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:58,560 Speaker 1: and stuff, these deer hitting acorn or the uh the 112 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:02,600 Speaker 1: corn fields and also the bean fields, alfa alfa fields. 113 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:05,920 Speaker 1: So I think, uh, you know, those those field edges 114 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 1: are a great spot to have trail cameras set up. 115 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:11,720 Speaker 1: But then also those those heavy trails that you're seeing 116 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:14,720 Speaker 1: in the snow. You mentioned food sources there. What other 117 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:18,560 Speaker 1: food sources should hunters be focused on in Minnesota? Um, 118 00:06:18,839 --> 00:06:22,520 Speaker 1: anything that's standing, you know, you know, harvest fields, they're 119 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:26,359 Speaker 1: they're still attracting, but anything that's standing with the deep snow, 120 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:29,280 Speaker 1: it's gonna be easier for those deer to access, you know, 121 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:31,640 Speaker 1: if it's a standing corn field. UM, I think those 122 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:35,080 Speaker 1: are great spots right now, standing beans. I know a 123 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:36,960 Speaker 1: lot of farmers did not get in their fields to 124 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:40,359 Speaker 1: harvest because it was such a wet fall. Um. You know, 125 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:42,479 Speaker 1: anything that's standing is that I think it's gonna be 126 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:46,320 Speaker 1: a great attraction for for deer this winter. You mentioned 127 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:49,359 Speaker 1: the recent snowstorm that Minnesota just got. How does that 128 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:52,200 Speaker 1: change things for you? You know, just the travel routes 129 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:55,679 Speaker 1: are are totally different now. The ditches are are filled 130 00:06:55,760 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 1: up completely with snow. And you know, these deer aren't 131 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:02,240 Speaker 1: just roaming around anymore. They're gonna stay on trails. They're 132 00:07:02,240 --> 00:07:04,880 Speaker 1: gonna go where there's less snow. I know, in my yard, 133 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:06,919 Speaker 1: I have a trail going through my yard now because 134 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:09,720 Speaker 1: there's less snow in my yard. But um, you know, 135 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:12,600 Speaker 1: just try to find those pinch points with the snow now, 136 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:15,680 Speaker 1: I guess, and and try to get on them. Um 137 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:19,160 Speaker 1: what what has made it difficult overall? As But you 138 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:22,280 Speaker 1: know after rifle season, uh, you know, those deer get 139 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:25,000 Speaker 1: a little more cautious. I had a buck come in, 140 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:29,480 Speaker 1: a young buck come in a week before rifle season, 141 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:33,160 Speaker 1: and he walked right over my track, no problem. And 142 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:36,040 Speaker 1: then I end up going out the weekend after rifle 143 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:39,440 Speaker 1: season and that same buck came through and he caught 144 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:43,760 Speaker 1: my track and you know, it was very alert right 145 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:45,360 Speaker 1: after he caught that. So these deer are a lot 146 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:50,280 Speaker 1: more cautious now they're moving just after you know, sunset. 147 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:52,280 Speaker 1: So it makes it a little more difficult, but it 148 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:53,840 Speaker 1: makes it more of a challenge, and that's what makes 149 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:56,440 Speaker 1: it fun. Do you notice a change in betting come 150 00:07:56,520 --> 00:08:00,760 Speaker 1: December in Minnesota, No doubt. Um. You know they're gonna 151 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:04,400 Speaker 1: go where there's good thermal cover, whether it's cat tails 152 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:08,280 Speaker 1: or pine trees are a good source of cover. Come 153 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:11,480 Speaker 1: you know, December and January. Uh, we're supposed to be 154 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:15,960 Speaker 1: getting a really hard cold front coming through here pretty quick, 155 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:18,840 Speaker 1: so those are great areas to key in on. Uh. 156 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:21,480 Speaker 1: You're gonna start seeing a shift in their in their patterns, 157 00:08:21,520 --> 00:08:24,280 Speaker 1: that's for sure, just because of the snow in the 158 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:27,160 Speaker 1: cold going forward. Then in the sex week or so, 159 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:29,160 Speaker 1: what do you think that buck activity is going to 160 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:31,480 Speaker 1: be on a scale of one to tend in Minnesota? 161 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:34,560 Speaker 1: I would say it's probably gonna be the same butt 162 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:38,120 Speaker 1: around the three or four. Uh. You know, like I said, 163 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:41,760 Speaker 1: it's it's getting more difficult now, but there's still gonna 164 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:44,199 Speaker 1: be some some bucks moving around yet looking for those 165 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:47,719 Speaker 1: last available dose. Uh. And and that's what makes it 166 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:51,000 Speaker 1: so rewarding taking a deer this time of year, because 167 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:53,560 Speaker 1: you're faced with more adversity and then when you're able 168 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:56,920 Speaker 1: to overcome that, it makes it really rewarding. All Right, Joe, 169 00:08:56,960 --> 00:08:59,360 Speaker 1: good luck to you and everyone else from Minnesota Rack Stars, 170 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:03,240 Speaker 1: thanks for jo to me. Sound's good thing. Spencer alright 171 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:05,720 Speaker 1: and joining us on the line. Next is Andrew Maxwell 172 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:09,880 Speaker 1: and Alabama from the Southern Outdoorsman podcast. Now, Andrew in Alabama, 173 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:11,880 Speaker 1: what would you say the bucket activity has been lately 174 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:14,960 Speaker 1: on a scale of one to ten. I'm gonna go 175 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:19,079 Speaker 1: ahead and go with probably like a six, maybe a seven. Um. 176 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:22,040 Speaker 1: The reason I say that is because in my particular area, 177 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:24,760 Speaker 1: we're just now kind of teetering on the edge of 178 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:28,000 Speaker 1: rutt and I've been doing a little pre rut hunting lately, 179 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:30,960 Speaker 1: and um, I have. I've had a few encounters, but 180 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:32,960 Speaker 1: a couple of friends of mine have actually already had 181 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:36,080 Speaker 1: success and killed some bucks and talking to them about 182 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:38,560 Speaker 1: how they did it. Um, it was mainly killing them 183 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:41,280 Speaker 1: in the betting areas. UM. So the deer really aren't, 184 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:44,160 Speaker 1: you know, cruising out in daylight a whole bunch, you know, 185 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:47,880 Speaker 1: like they would be probably later in this week, but um, 186 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:49,719 Speaker 1: but they're definitely there to be having They're running a 187 00:09:49,760 --> 00:09:52,839 Speaker 1: lot of scrapes right now is for is what we've seen. 188 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:55,319 Speaker 1: So yeah, I mean i'd put it like a six. 189 00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:57,880 Speaker 1: How about the rest of Alabama. What phase of the 190 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:00,160 Speaker 1: rought the other parts of the state in right now? Um, 191 00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:04,760 Speaker 1: the vast majority of Alabama right now is pretty far 192 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:07,560 Speaker 1: out from the rut. You have pockets here and there, 193 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:09,880 Speaker 1: which my particular area I'm talking about, like kind of 194 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:13,800 Speaker 1: bib County area Alabama, kind of central Alabama. Uh, we 195 00:10:13,880 --> 00:10:16,880 Speaker 1: have a rut that comes in mid December. The majority 196 00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:19,480 Speaker 1: of Alabama has kind of a mid January rut, and 197 00:10:19,520 --> 00:10:22,320 Speaker 1: you have other parts of Alabama that have a February rut. 198 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:25,280 Speaker 1: So I mean we're very strung out, um, and I 199 00:10:25,280 --> 00:10:27,440 Speaker 1: would say that the majority of guys are still not 200 00:10:27,559 --> 00:10:29,880 Speaker 1: even in pre rut yet in the part of the 201 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:32,480 Speaker 1: state that you're hunting that's currently in pre ruts. Are 202 00:10:32,520 --> 00:10:36,720 Speaker 1: you hunting mornings at this point? Oh yeah, for sure. Um, 203 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:39,400 Speaker 1: we're definitely getting aggressive with it this time of year, 204 00:10:39,480 --> 00:10:42,760 Speaker 1: especially because rifle season has already kicked in. And while 205 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:45,079 Speaker 1: on a lot of these w mays you can't rifle 206 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:47,400 Speaker 1: hunt every day, you can rifle hunt on the weekends, 207 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:50,120 Speaker 1: which is when we typically get to get out. So 208 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:53,520 Speaker 1: our strategy has been, you know, go in in the 209 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:56,120 Speaker 1: mornings and just try and get in really early and 210 00:10:56,200 --> 00:10:59,760 Speaker 1: watch over some thick cover. Um, not necessarily hunting any 211 00:10:59,840 --> 00:11:03,479 Speaker 1: kind of food sources or anything. Mainly hunting travel corridors 212 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:06,080 Speaker 1: right on the edge of bedding areas, or if we can, 213 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:09,480 Speaker 1: we'll get up like in a tree overlooking a bedding 214 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:11,880 Speaker 1: area where we can see down into it. Hunters who 215 00:11:11,880 --> 00:11:14,520 Speaker 1: are looking for food sources, what kind of areas should 216 00:11:14,520 --> 00:11:17,840 Speaker 1: they be focused on right now? Um, If you have 217 00:11:17,920 --> 00:11:20,440 Speaker 1: water oaks in your area, those are always a really 218 00:11:20,440 --> 00:11:23,040 Speaker 1: good choice right now. Um. Our white oaks are mainly 219 00:11:23,120 --> 00:11:25,440 Speaker 1: dried up at this point. There's just not many of 220 00:11:25,440 --> 00:11:27,640 Speaker 1: them go around. Of course, your red oaks are gonna 221 00:11:27,679 --> 00:11:31,200 Speaker 1: be good, so maybe some higher elevations if you got them. Um, 222 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:33,040 Speaker 1: if you've got big hills, you know, try and get 223 00:11:33,120 --> 00:11:35,240 Speaker 1: up on those hills find those red oaks. If you've 224 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:38,280 Speaker 1: got swamp lands, I would walk the swamps until you 225 00:11:38,320 --> 00:11:40,920 Speaker 1: find some water oaks, because they're really hammering water oaks 226 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:44,280 Speaker 1: right now too. Outside of that, I would definitely recommend 227 00:11:44,280 --> 00:11:47,320 Speaker 1: trying to find some kind of greenery within some good 228 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:50,320 Speaker 1: cover or in like very close proximity to it. When 229 00:11:50,360 --> 00:11:54,600 Speaker 1: I say greenery, I mean greenbrier, honeysuckle, or really any 230 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:57,959 Speaker 1: other kind of fine that, uh, that that stands out 231 00:11:58,080 --> 00:12:00,480 Speaker 1: right now is being green. I mean one thing that 232 00:12:00,520 --> 00:12:02,920 Speaker 1: we talked about with people who were bringing out the 233 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:04,760 Speaker 1: hunt with us for Like, man, when I when I 234 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:06,920 Speaker 1: find a thick area and it's just got all kinds 235 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:08,760 Speaker 1: of vines and everything hanging down in it, and I 236 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:11,320 Speaker 1: can see green in there, even though it's mid December, 237 00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:13,480 Speaker 1: you know that's gonna be a good area because there's 238 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:15,920 Speaker 1: typically gonna be a lot of deer hammering that green stuff, 239 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:18,360 Speaker 1: even though there are still acorns out there. They really 240 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:20,880 Speaker 1: hammer that green stuff hard. Are you seeing much for 241 00:12:20,920 --> 00:12:23,240 Speaker 1: signmaking at this point and how does that factory into 242 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:26,080 Speaker 1: your decision making for a haunt? Yeah, we're seeing a 243 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:28,200 Speaker 1: ton of fine making right now, Like this is probably 244 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:31,240 Speaker 1: peak time making. You know, there's great every logging road's 245 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:34,120 Speaker 1: got scrapes going down it. Uh, there's just rubs popping 246 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:38,960 Speaker 1: up all over the place. So we're not necessarily hunting 247 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:41,400 Speaker 1: based off that. I mean, it's a confidence thing. If 248 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:43,480 Speaker 1: you see that's there, and I mean if it's just 249 00:12:43,559 --> 00:12:46,440 Speaker 1: screaming red hot, then then we're definitely gonna hunt in 250 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:49,760 Speaker 1: the area, but really with with scrapes and rubs at 251 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:51,840 Speaker 1: this point, if we don't look at it and think 252 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:54,720 Speaker 1: it was made, you know, within the last twenty four hours, 253 00:12:55,120 --> 00:12:58,680 Speaker 1: we almost don't pay attention to it. Um. So, I mean, 254 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:00,560 Speaker 1: it's it's nice to know it's there, but it's not 255 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:03,760 Speaker 1: really making a decision for us. Are you using any 256 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:07,760 Speaker 1: aggressive tactics like calling or decoying at this point? We 257 00:13:07,840 --> 00:13:09,960 Speaker 1: have been calling a little bit, um, doing a little 258 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:12,400 Speaker 1: bit of rattling. I haven't had any success with it yet. 259 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:14,800 Speaker 1: But again, a couple of other guys that I hunt with, 260 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:18,200 Speaker 1: they've been rattling and they've had a little bit of success. Um. 261 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:20,720 Speaker 1: But really, it just it doesn't seem like it's it's 262 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:22,920 Speaker 1: worked that well for any of us down here just yet. 263 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:25,040 Speaker 1: I don't know if the timing is off for our 264 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:28,079 Speaker 1: setups just aren't good. But uh, as far as Colin, 265 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:29,760 Speaker 1: we haven't done a whole lot of it and we 266 00:13:29,800 --> 00:13:31,600 Speaker 1: haven't seen a lot of success with it so far. 267 00:13:32,280 --> 00:13:34,319 Speaker 1: If you're currently in pre rut, when do you expect 268 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:37,280 Speaker 1: to start seeing some seeking and chasing. I think that 269 00:13:37,360 --> 00:13:39,920 Speaker 1: by the end of this week we're gonna see some chasing. 270 00:13:39,960 --> 00:13:41,960 Speaker 1: I mean, we're, like I said earlier, we're right on 271 00:13:42,040 --> 00:13:44,080 Speaker 1: the edge of it. It should blow wide open here 272 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:47,320 Speaker 1: pretty quick. UM. I killed my buck last year on 273 00:13:47,520 --> 00:13:50,760 Speaker 1: December fourteenth, and which is this coming Saturday, will be 274 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:53,640 Speaker 1: a year ago, and he was out actually killed him 275 00:13:53,679 --> 00:13:55,400 Speaker 1: in a betting area and he was pushing through that 276 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:58,600 Speaker 1: betting area chasing a dough. UM. So I fully expect 277 00:13:58,679 --> 00:14:00,320 Speaker 1: it should be that way again this year. I mean 278 00:14:00,360 --> 00:14:05,160 Speaker 1: pretty much every year around the tenths to like the eighteenth, 279 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:09,200 Speaker 1: it's just wide open in this area. UM. And you know, 280 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:12,480 Speaker 1: weather conditions might have an impact on that. UM. You know, 281 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:15,560 Speaker 1: people say like the rut happens sooner or later, but 282 00:14:16,040 --> 00:14:18,560 Speaker 1: the breeding dates are always pretty much the same. So 283 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:20,920 Speaker 1: you know, you know they're out there chasing and doing 284 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:22,440 Speaker 1: their thing. You know, it's just a matter of if 285 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:24,640 Speaker 1: you're in the right spot or not. Going forward. Then 286 00:14:24,640 --> 00:14:26,560 Speaker 1: in the six week or so, what do you expect 287 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:28,480 Speaker 1: that bugget two need to be on a scale of 288 00:14:28,480 --> 00:14:31,280 Speaker 1: one to tend in Alabama. I'm gonna go with like 289 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:34,720 Speaker 1: an eight or nine, because again, you know, the weather 290 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:37,920 Speaker 1: conditions this weekend aren't all that fantastic. We're looking at 291 00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:41,320 Speaker 1: like probably highs in the mid sixties, UM and kind 292 00:14:41,320 --> 00:14:44,360 Speaker 1: of rainy. But again, like I said, the breeding dates 293 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:46,800 Speaker 1: are consistent year to year, so you know that that 294 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:49,240 Speaker 1: there has to be out there doing their things somewhere. 295 00:14:49,480 --> 00:14:51,320 Speaker 1: It's just a matter of if we're on top of 296 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:53,880 Speaker 1: them or not. So I think the buck movement's gonna 297 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:56,120 Speaker 1: be there, but whether or not we can capitalize on 298 00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:58,400 Speaker 1: it's definitely gonna depend if we can push into the 299 00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:01,080 Speaker 1: right areas. Right, Andrew, Well, I'm jealous at the best 300 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:03,120 Speaker 1: rudd hunting still ahead of you. Good luck and thanks 301 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:08,720 Speaker 1: for joining me. Appreciate his spencer alright and joining us 302 00:15:08,720 --> 00:15:11,080 Speaker 1: on the line. Next is Colby Bailey and Missouri from 303 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:14,040 Speaker 1: Commit Outdoors. Now Colby and Missouri, what would you say 304 00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:16,120 Speaker 1: the buck activity has been lately on a scale of 305 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:20,320 Speaker 1: one to ten. Uh. Lately, I would say probably at 306 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:22,560 Speaker 1: a four to five. In the last week or so, 307 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:26,960 Speaker 1: it is dramatically dropped. UM. Any cell cam activity that 308 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:30,800 Speaker 1: we've had has been mainly after dark. Uh. I was 309 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:35,760 Speaker 1: lucky enough to harvest my first book or my second book, 310 00:15:35,760 --> 00:15:38,720 Speaker 1: I guess of the season um during a rifle season, 311 00:15:38,760 --> 00:15:42,280 Speaker 1: but that was November nineteen and I think I was 312 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:44,720 Speaker 1: lucky enough to catch kind of a late cruiser that 313 00:15:44,840 --> 00:15:48,280 Speaker 1: had been bouncing around, I think, from betting area to 314 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:51,520 Speaker 1: betting area, and I was happy just to be set 315 00:15:51,560 --> 00:15:56,040 Speaker 1: up outside of a small, small little betting area that 316 00:15:56,240 --> 00:16:02,680 Speaker 1: was pretty pretty wolley as far as uh cover goes. UM, 317 00:16:02,760 --> 00:16:05,640 Speaker 1: And yeah, I got lucky enough to uh slip one 318 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:08,240 Speaker 1: on him. You just mentioned the intel that you've got 319 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:10,280 Speaker 1: from your cell cameras. Where are you running your trail 320 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:14,640 Speaker 1: cameras late season? Um? I have kind of moved them 321 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:20,080 Speaker 1: around as far as uh as the season has progressed. UM. 322 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:22,560 Speaker 1: Early season, I had them kind of on my food 323 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:27,400 Speaker 1: sources and travel corridors. Um. Midway through to the cameras 324 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:30,560 Speaker 1: that I could access pretty easily, I kind of moved 325 00:16:30,760 --> 00:16:34,720 Speaker 1: more towards the betting areas and outside of betting areas 326 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:38,840 Speaker 1: that I could check relatively easy. UM. And then I 327 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:42,080 Speaker 1: have kind of moved him more towards the food sources 328 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:46,160 Speaker 1: here lately. UM. I'm still I've got a couple on 329 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:50,360 Speaker 1: the travel corridors, but it's it's been pretty interesting, I 330 00:16:50,360 --> 00:16:53,680 Speaker 1: guess to see the dramatic decrease of activity on the 331 00:16:53,760 --> 00:16:56,120 Speaker 1: cameras and kind of correlate two and two together as 332 00:16:56,160 --> 00:16:58,880 Speaker 1: far as how the season's progressed and how the rests 333 00:16:59,520 --> 00:17:02,720 Speaker 1: went on, What food sources should hunter as the Missouri 334 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:08,000 Speaker 1: be focused on right now? Um, there is still a 335 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:12,600 Speaker 1: lot of corn and beans out um that are still 336 00:17:13,080 --> 00:17:15,800 Speaker 1: that the farmers haven't been able to get out yet. Um. 337 00:17:15,840 --> 00:17:20,560 Speaker 1: There's it's actually been pretty pretty tough to uh to 338 00:17:20,680 --> 00:17:25,119 Speaker 1: hunt any food sources here in Missouri, really really Um. 339 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:26,919 Speaker 1: Like I said, it's been I think, really wet for 340 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:28,800 Speaker 1: the farmers to get in and get some of those 341 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:33,040 Speaker 1: crops picked. So if a person could um sit on 342 00:17:33,119 --> 00:17:35,719 Speaker 1: some bean fields or agg fields as far as that 343 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:37,879 Speaker 1: goes corn obviously makes it a a little tough to seem 344 00:17:37,960 --> 00:17:41,280 Speaker 1: thing in, but you might catch something sneaking in and out. 345 00:17:42,080 --> 00:17:44,840 Speaker 1: Is the gun pressure significant enough in Missouri that you 346 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:49,119 Speaker 1: notice a shift in buck movement this time of year? Yeah, 347 00:17:49,119 --> 00:17:54,600 Speaker 1: that's we mainly in north central Missouri where I'm located at. Uh, 348 00:17:54,680 --> 00:17:59,080 Speaker 1: there's not too many farmers that have any large parcels. Um. 349 00:17:59,119 --> 00:18:01,080 Speaker 1: I know of a few people that have, you know, 350 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:06,960 Speaker 1: three acres, but um, I mainly hunt small fifty eight 351 00:18:07,119 --> 00:18:12,760 Speaker 1: acre parcels, and it seems like if you can let 352 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:15,119 Speaker 1: them lay low and kind of stay out to the 353 00:18:15,160 --> 00:18:18,720 Speaker 1: best times of the season. UM. I think that has 354 00:18:18,760 --> 00:18:22,840 Speaker 1: definitely helped in our scenario. Is just not pressure spots 355 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:24,920 Speaker 1: that we want to go into UM and kind of 356 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:28,879 Speaker 1: let everybody else put their pressure on them and have 357 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:31,920 Speaker 1: kind of a sanctuary more or less form when time 358 00:18:31,960 --> 00:18:34,679 Speaker 1: does come. Do you notice a change in betting this 359 00:18:34,760 --> 00:18:38,639 Speaker 1: time of year? Yes, Actually we uh. One of the 360 00:18:38,680 --> 00:18:43,600 Speaker 1: properties that I hunt is basically a CRP grass tall 361 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:50,159 Speaker 1: grassy area, UM and as the season progresses, m I 362 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:55,760 Speaker 1: have twice actually this year we uh kicked up a 363 00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:59,399 Speaker 1: solid with your buck with a dough right out in 364 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:03,600 Speaker 1: the middle of the CRP grass. So as the season 365 00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:06,600 Speaker 1: progressed from early season where they wanted to be in 366 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:10,720 Speaker 1: in the cover, they've kind of ease their way out 367 00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:13,120 Speaker 1: and they are in the open I guess a little 368 00:19:13,119 --> 00:19:16,160 Speaker 1: bit more. But they're locked tight when we have found them. 369 00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:18,720 Speaker 1: And so I think the bucks are just following the 370 00:19:18,760 --> 00:19:21,520 Speaker 1: dose and wherever they want to cruise to. They're just 371 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:24,399 Speaker 1: tagging along going forward. Then a sex week or so, 372 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:26,240 Speaker 1: what do you think that bucket activity is going to 373 00:19:26,280 --> 00:19:29,640 Speaker 1: be On a scale of one to tendon Missouri um 374 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:34,040 Speaker 1: from a week ago, it is dramatically decreased in my 375 00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:36,320 Speaker 1: nuck of the woods. Um, like I said, from the 376 00:19:36,359 --> 00:19:39,919 Speaker 1: trail cameras and the pressure the weeds put on them. 377 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:42,919 Speaker 1: As as as far as like rifle season and postseason 378 00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:47,879 Speaker 1: starting back up, I would say, if you're lucky, you 379 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:50,399 Speaker 1: might be a five. I would say in most areas, 380 00:19:50,440 --> 00:19:53,560 Speaker 1: probably a four three area. All right, Colby, well good 381 00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:55,960 Speaker 1: luck to you and everyone else from Commit Outdoors. Thanks 382 00:19:55,960 --> 00:19:58,440 Speaker 1: for joining me since I appreciate you man. You guys 383 00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:00,960 Speaker 1: have a good one and good luck this season, alright 384 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:03,440 Speaker 1: and joining us on the line. Last it's Bow Mortonic 385 00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:06,880 Speaker 1: from the East Meat West Hunt podcast in Pennsylvania. Now 386 00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:09,320 Speaker 1: Bow in Pennsylvania. What would you say the buck activity 387 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:11,200 Speaker 1: has been lately on a scale of one to ten. 388 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:14,359 Speaker 1: On a scale one to ten, I would say that 389 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:17,959 Speaker 1: the buck activity has been around a four lately, and 390 00:20:18,119 --> 00:20:21,280 Speaker 1: most of that is due to rifle season. So gun 391 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:25,880 Speaker 1: season came in last weekend and a lot more pressure 392 00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:27,800 Speaker 1: has been added to the woods. So I think that's 393 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:30,520 Speaker 1: been one of the key factors into the lower number. 394 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:33,679 Speaker 1: As a public land hunter, how do you adjust for 395 00:20:33,720 --> 00:20:37,639 Speaker 1: that rifle hunting pressure? Honestly, it's at the beginning of 396 00:20:37,640 --> 00:20:39,960 Speaker 1: the season, it's more or less trying to get to 397 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:41,560 Speaker 1: a place that you think that the deer are going 398 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:44,679 Speaker 1: to be pushed to and you know, using the hunters 399 00:20:44,680 --> 00:20:47,200 Speaker 1: to your advantage. As we get later into the rifle 400 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:50,639 Speaker 1: season here, trying to find some of those those honey 401 00:20:50,640 --> 00:20:53,640 Speaker 1: hooles that they're you know, you're getting thermal cover from 402 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:57,320 Speaker 1: the pressure as well as the snow and the storms, 403 00:20:57,359 --> 00:21:01,600 Speaker 1: so getting back in the hemlocks pine ease and you know, 404 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:04,760 Speaker 1: kind of keying in on some logging cuts. In the first, 405 00:21:05,119 --> 00:21:08,960 Speaker 1: first and last light, he talked about finding those honey 406 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:11,919 Speaker 1: hooles on public land, described me what that looks like, 407 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:15,200 Speaker 1: what you're looking for as far as betting, food sources, traveling, 408 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:19,880 Speaker 1: all that stuff. So usually it's more of an overlooked 409 00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:22,840 Speaker 1: area than anything. It doesn't necessarily have to be you know, 410 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:26,120 Speaker 1: far back in the woods or anything, but usually thick 411 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:30,800 Speaker 1: cover and and terrain features that kind of keep people 412 00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:33,359 Speaker 1: from going in. There might be a steep valley on 413 00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:37,919 Speaker 1: each side that can be real thick with hemlocks rocks 414 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:41,080 Speaker 1: and um old clear cuts. Anything like that is what 415 00:21:41,119 --> 00:21:44,280 Speaker 1: I'm looking for because even with the gun pressure and 416 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:46,920 Speaker 1: people walking through it, they can hunker down and hide. 417 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:48,840 Speaker 1: Unless you step right on top of them, They're not 418 00:21:48,840 --> 00:21:51,200 Speaker 1: going to move. What are some of the primary food 419 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:54,360 Speaker 1: sources that hunters and Pennsylvania should be focused on right now? 420 00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:58,160 Speaker 1: Right now? I mean, I think with the cold weather 421 00:21:58,280 --> 00:22:02,159 Speaker 1: coming in here and everything, a fresh logging cut is 422 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:05,000 Speaker 1: about as good as it's gonna get with the tops 423 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:09,000 Speaker 1: laying down, and basically that the deer around here are 424 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:11,800 Speaker 1: browsers for the most part, so they're gonna feed on 425 00:22:11,840 --> 00:22:17,200 Speaker 1: those tops and BlackBerry briars, any sort of um twigs 426 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:19,480 Speaker 1: that are coming up in those areas. So that's where 427 00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:22,480 Speaker 1: the most of the food sources. Acorns are a little 428 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:25,760 Speaker 1: bit tough um just because usually those areas are a 429 00:22:25,760 --> 00:22:29,440 Speaker 1: little bit more open woods and the deer aren't coming 430 00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:31,480 Speaker 1: out in that in the daylight right now. With the pressure, 431 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:34,680 Speaker 1: sometimes this time of year, hunters can see some secondary 432 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:37,560 Speaker 1: rout activity. Is that something that you normally observe in 433 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:40,200 Speaker 1: Pennsylvania or do you not count on that with your hunts? 434 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:43,080 Speaker 1: I don't count on it, but I definitely see it 435 00:22:43,119 --> 00:22:45,719 Speaker 1: a little bit. Last year this time of year, I 436 00:22:45,760 --> 00:22:47,959 Speaker 1: was able to call in my buck that was bumping 437 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:51,040 Speaker 1: around a dough at the beginning of December, and actually 438 00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:54,639 Speaker 1: just today I received a photo from my cell camera 439 00:22:54,680 --> 00:22:58,000 Speaker 1: of black work and a scrape pretty good here like 440 00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:02,640 Speaker 1: at noons. So it's, uh, there's definitely some of that 441 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:04,359 Speaker 1: that goes on, but I don't really count on it. 442 00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:07,919 Speaker 1: You mentioned the trail camera there where your trail cameras 443 00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:10,040 Speaker 1: focus this time of year, and is that different than 444 00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:13,160 Speaker 1: where you've had them in November and October. So I 445 00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:15,400 Speaker 1: don't run a whole lot of trail cameras this time 446 00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:17,680 Speaker 1: a year, just from the standpoint of worrying about them 447 00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:21,200 Speaker 1: getting stolen. But for the most part, I'm keeping them 448 00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:24,560 Speaker 1: on food sources as an entry and exit going into 449 00:23:24,760 --> 00:23:27,840 Speaker 1: logging cuts as well as I'm still running some on 450 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:31,040 Speaker 1: scrapes because they'll they seem they've still work those licking 451 00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:33,879 Speaker 1: branches all the way through January. How did this reason 452 00:23:33,960 --> 00:23:37,800 Speaker 1: snowstorm change things for you guys in Pennsylvania? It definitely 453 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:40,919 Speaker 1: seemed like the deer hunker down a little bit um, 454 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:45,080 Speaker 1: you know, during and after the storm, But leading up 455 00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:48,359 Speaker 1: to it, there was a lot of deer movement um 456 00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:51,600 Speaker 1: just before dark and I think in the next few 457 00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:54,800 Speaker 1: days that it could be a really good um for 458 00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:57,080 Speaker 1: that movement and they're gonna be up on their feet. 459 00:23:57,080 --> 00:23:59,560 Speaker 1: Wanted to feed a little bit going forward. Then in 460 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:01,199 Speaker 1: the sinks week or so, what do you think that 461 00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:03,199 Speaker 1: bucket activity is going to be on a scale of 462 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:07,040 Speaker 1: one to ten in Pennsylvania. I'm still gonna say probably 463 00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:09,680 Speaker 1: no higher than the six. And the reason I say 464 00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:13,240 Speaker 1: that is because of still they're a little bit afraid 465 00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:15,760 Speaker 1: from the hunting pressure that they've had with with the 466 00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:19,600 Speaker 1: weekend coming up and everything else, it's still gonna be uh, 467 00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:22,320 Speaker 1: it's still they're gonna be hunkered down a little bit more, 468 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:25,480 Speaker 1: but with some cold weather coming in and a little 469 00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:30,280 Speaker 1: bit less pressure, they still might be moving more than normal. Alright, 470 00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:32,639 Speaker 1: BO would look forward to following your ventures on East 471 00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:37,560 Speaker 1: meets West. Thanks for joining me in good luck. Thanks Spencer. Alright, 472 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:40,639 Speaker 1: that concludes this week's episode of a rut Fresh Radio. 473 00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:44,240 Speaker 1: Thanks to Joe, Andrew Colby and Bo for joining me, 474 00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:47,000 Speaker 1: and thank you guys for listening. As they say, the 475 00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:49,520 Speaker 1: late season is the great season. So I hope everyone 476 00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:52,480 Speaker 1: gets out there for some December whitetail hunting. We'll talk 477 00:24:52,520 --> 00:25:00,280 Speaker 1: to you next week, but until then, stay weired to hunt.